Amended Quarterly Report

UNITED STATES  

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION  

Washington, D.C. 20549  

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FORM 10-Q/A

Amendment No. 1

(X) QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2009

OR

( ) TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)  

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934  

For the transition period from _____to_____

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No____

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes X No____

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.) Yes____ No      X  

As of June 30, 2009, there were 796,051,643 shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock, par value $5 per share.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of The Southern Company (“Southern Company”) for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 (the “Form 10-Q”) is being filed solely to furnish Exhibit 101 to the Form 10-Q in accordance with Rule 405(a)(2) of Regulation S-T. Exhibit 101 to this report provides the following items from the Form 10-Q for Southern Company formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language: (i) the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, (ii) the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, (iii) the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iv) the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, and (v) the combined notes to the unaudited condensed financial statements, tagged as blocks of text. No changes are being made to any other portion of the Form 10-Q as originally filed on August 6, 2009.

Users of this data are advised that pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, these interactive data files shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that Section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.